Matar kulcha, Plain kulche served with delicious matar masala

Matar kulcha! A very well known street food in Delhi. Almost every corner of the city, you will notice a matar kulcha food vendor. It is a very smart ready to eat plain kulcha served with delicious matar masala. Food sellers already have soft precooked kulche. So they just melt butter on a big tawa and saute that precooked kulche and served those kulche with matar masala, onion, pickle & green chutney.

Delhi street food

I lived in Delhi for a few years. So I witnessed the popularity of this matar kulcha. Though most people use to call this as chole kulche but it is only available at a restaurant but when it comes to street food then it is basically plain kulche served with spicy white sun-dried peas dish. Most chole kulche wala usually sell such matar kulcha from a hand-pulled rickshaw cart. They put a large size metallic handi (traditional cooking pot) on that cart. They keep warm matar masala in that handi and use a stove to apply butter on ready-to-eat kulche.

People & matar kulcha

The shape of such kulche is different than homemade kulche. Those kulche are usually smaller and oval in shape. You can see a big crowd in front of such matar kulche wala during lunch time (12.30PM to 2.30 PM). Delhi people enjoy this food a lot. Some people even bring roti from home but buy matar masala from such stall to have roti with that very special matar masala. I have never seen such matar masala street food anywhere in India. Did you notice such kulche wala anywhere other than Delhi & its neighbouring places?

How to make matar kulcha at home?

Above pictures shown homemade plain kulche served with matar (white peas) masala & spicy green chillies & carrots. Those kulche were cooked on an iron tawa. You can not find any roadside matar kulche wala in Kolkata what you can see in Delhi. Ofcourse you will find kulche at a restaurant in Kolkata but you may need to pay approx RS30-50 per kulche and you have to order separately for matar, chole or paneer made dish. Whereas you can have a full plate of matar kulche from a roadside stall in Delhi only for Rs 20-30. So it is best idea to make matar kulcha at home and enjoy with friends & family members.